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Surprise!: Debts Catch Student Vets Unaware

Jonathan Ngowaki was halfway through getting his undergraduate degree at DeVry University when he got a letter saying he was $15,000 in debt. The letter confused him not only because he’d told the school he didn’t want any loans, but also because his post-9/11 veteran status meant his education should have been fully paid for […]

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Broadening Experience

In the early 1920s, Major Dwight Eisenhower benefitted from a world-class, personalized leader development program. While serving as a Brigade Executive Officer in the Panama Canal Zone under the command of General Fox Conner, Major Dwight Eisenhower, found a mentor that would influence him through the rest of his career as a Soldier and politician. […]

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Loan Repayment Options Open for Online Students

Online courses in higher education are growing in popularity and reputation. Once thought of as chiefly in the domain of for-profit colleges, both public and private nonprofit schools are also increasingly offering online degree programs and students are taking them at record numbers. However, depending on the school and the program, online degrees may still […]

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Service Members Train Educators on Active Shooters

In the wake of the Santa Fe shooting, Friday, teachers and school officials at Diboll ISD received hands-on, active shooter training, Saturday. The “Bridge of Life” training technique focuses on teaching teachers or any other bystander how to keep an injured student alive and get them to a trained medic. Read More

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N.Y. Senate Bills Support Military

NEW YORK— Senator Patrick M. Gallivan reported that the New York State Senate has passed a package of bills in order to support current and active military service members. These 29 bills passed give protection to active duty soldiers and veterans as well as memorial sites and cemeteries along with adding funding to previously cut […]

Former Military in Demand for Many Jobs

When servicemen and women get out of the armed forces, they usually can expect a very bright future, so what jobs are available where they will be able to put their valuable skills to use? Veterans have attributes that employers consider a great asset, according to Military.com. These include leadership skills, setting and accomplishing goals, […]

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N.J. Offers to Probe For-Profit Fraud if U.S. Doesn’t

Reports that the U.S. Department of Education is quietly shutting down investigations into possible fraud committed by for-profit colleges caught the attention of New Jersey’s new Democratic attorney general, who offered to finish the probes himself if the agency won’t. Gurbir Grewal, confirmed in January as the state’s top law-enforcement officer, said in a May […]

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Viral Story Comparing Military vs. School Deaths Erred

The Washington Post has been forced into making several corrections to a story claiming that the number of people killed in US schools this year was double that of those killed serving in the military. The newspaper revised the piece after it emerged that reporter Philip Bump had based his findings on incomplete figures gleaned […]

New Brigade for Fort Carson; Most Soldiers There Since Vietnam

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Tribune News Service) — Fort Carson will get more than 800 new troops in the coming months as the Army adds a brigade with expertise in training foreign militaries. The move will elevate troop numbers on Fort Carson above 25,000 – the most soldiers in Colorado Springs since the Vietnam War. It […]

V.A. Swamp

So much for draining the swamp and removing the status quo of cronyism and beltway favors inside the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The newest promotion of Margarita Devlin into the #2 slot at VBA (principal deputy under secretary for benefits) may undermine new Under Secretary Paul Lawrence reforms. According to an announcement this week, Margarita […]

The Man with the Stolen Name

Along with information on visas and travel advisories, the US State Department’s website has a page featuring three mugshots and a mystery. The pictures portray one man. In the first, a line is shaved into his hair and a small gold hoop juts out of the left ear. That was in style on June 24, […]

Study: Most Pell Students Have No Degree after 6 Years

A new analysis of federal graduation rates among first-time, full-time Pell students in four-year institutions found that most schools are doing a crummy job of serving them. In fact, as the researchers wrote, “Low- and moderate-income students starting college for the first time currently have no better than a 50:50 shot of actually earning their […]

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